In 2014, the penultimate ATP World Ranking was released, and the ATP official also gave it front-page coverage——
This is the tradition of ATP and WTA. Every time a new face appears in the top ten of the world, they will give official reports to welcome:
Gao Wen, an 18-year-old player from China, has accumulated 4,010 points in eight events, rising two places from last week and currently ranking tenth.
This is the correct way to interpret the list. The most shocking thing is that in terms of participation numbers, he only participated in eight events and had no points or rankings before July. However, after just four months, he became the new top player in the world.
A member of the Ten, his appearance is comparable to that of a comet when he emerges from the sky.
At this point, Gawain has also created a new and unprecedented history:
The record of the shortest time from no world ranking to top ten in the world.
Prior to this, this record was held by the "genius girl" Monica Seles. Like Gao Wen, she also rose to prominence in the first season of her career. She was not ranked from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
Ranked sixth in the world, it only took her eight months to reach the top of the world.
And, just fifteen months later, Seles reached the top of the world again.
It is precisely because of this that the saying "there is no genius after Seles" is popular in professional tennis. Although after her, players such as Hingis and Sharapova are known as "genius girls". At the same time, they are also
It has indeed achieved incredible brilliance, but it is still slightly inferior to Seles.
In addition to Seles, John McEnroe and Martina Hingis have also come out of nowhere. They entered the professional arena with zero ranking points and ranked among the top ten in the world for the first time in their careers.
It took him fourteen months to start his journey to shine in the tennis world like a comet.
Now, Gawain directly shortened the historical record to four months.
amazing!
stunned!
Shocking!
Of course, if the conditions are slightly adjusted and there is a record of the shortest time from no world ranking to the top 20 in the world, then countless geniuses will emerge one after another, and there will be countless bright stars in the long history.
The simplest and most intuitive example is that it only took three months for McEnroe to break into the top 20 in the world; but then it took him more than ten months to make his debut in the top 10.
This just illustrates the unbelievability and weirdness of Gawain reaching the top of the Paris Masters——
The brilliance created by Gao Wen holding a wild card and winning the US Open has undoubtedly written an important mark in the history of professional tennis. I am afraid it will never be surpassed or replicated.
But looking at it from another perspective, there are countless players who appear in an event or have an amazing explosion for a period of time, shining in the sky like shooting stars. They are among the top 20 in the world. One Grand Slam, two
Masters, an explosion within just two or three months can achieve:
For example, the most recent examples are Janowitz and Bouchard.
However, there is a layer of paper behind the promotion from the top 20 in the world to the top 10 in the world. It seems simple, but it is extremely difficult to break through.
Therefore, those dark horses and geniuses are all like this. After making a blockbuster success, they need to face new challenges.
The fundamental reason why Gao Wen was able to break through this layer of window paper was the Paris Masters.
Otherwise, if he misses this opportunity, Gao Wen will have to wait until the Australian Open next year to have a chance to rank among the top ten in the world.
Time is saved in this way.
It can be seen from here that Gao Wen's victory in the Paris Masters definitely not only made history, but also even surpassed the US Open in difficulty.
However, this is competitive sports:
Opportunities are always there, just waiting for those who are ready; and the existence of records itself is waiting to be broken, proving that human beings continue to challenge themselves and challenge their limits in hard work and battle, just waiting for those who dare to attack.
Therefore, 2014 once again became a year witnessing miracles.
ATP, without a doubt, gives the highest treatment——
At any time, they welcome the emergence of new blood in tennis, because this is the secret to the longevity of competitive sports.
My eyes temporarily return to the year-end finals.
Just eight days before he turns nineteen, Gao Wen becomes the first substitute in the year-end finals. Is this feat worthy of surprise?
Actually, strictly speaking, it's not that surprising.
Argentinian player Del Potro was on the list of participants for the year-end finals when he was 20 years old, and also won a group stage victory.
American player McEnroe became famous at a young age. When he was 19 years old, he not only successfully participated in the year-end finals, but also reached the top and won the championship in a record-breaking manner. No one has been able to break the record of being the youngest person to win the championship.
Comparatively speaking, Gao Wen still lacked a little mythical temperament when he became a substitute for the year-end finals when he was under nineteen years old.
But the really amazing thing is that it only took Gao Wen four months to complete this feat. If you exclude the three challenges, there are only five ATP-level professional events, including a Grand Slam and a Masters.
The championship trophy can truly be said to have come out of nowhere.
Moreover, with the strong rise of Gao Wen, this also means that the earth-shaking of the entire men's tennis world has taken another step forward:
For the first time in history, there are two Asian players in the top ten of the world rankings, Kei Nishikori and Gawain.
At the same time, not long ago, people were still cheering for Raonic and Dimitrov, two new generation players born after 1990, to both rank among the top ten in the world and complete breakthroughs.
Now, people have seen that Gao Wen, who was born after 1995, continues to move up and becomes the top ten upstarts in the world. In addition, Kyrgios and Zverev Jr., who have already emerged, form a younger and more energetic generation.
It is making its full debut, appearing in the field of vision one after another.
Moreover, this new generation of players will also participate in the year-end finals for the first time.
The wheel of history is rumbling forward.
It’s no wonder that the Chinese media has experienced an explosion of news reports. The tennis media has undoubtedly become the most popular group at the moment, and both of them seem to be living in a dream.
Recall that not long ago, due to Li Na's retirement, marketing and development were at a bottleneck. Tennis, which was facing challenges, was worried; even if Gao Wen filled the vacancy seamlessly, the media always harbored a trace of uncertainty, fearing that "creating
"God's Plan" may be counterproductive.
The hustle and bustle, the excitement, the turbulence, are like fireworks, dazzling and dazzling, but they don't know when they will disappear. Then they have to face the coldness and aftermath after the fireworks disappear. Everything is too beautiful to be true.
But now, they can finally let go. The fireworks are turning into a volcanic eruption, singing loudly and celebrating.